Ayrton, Edward R.; Weigall, Arthur Edward Pearse Brome; Petrie, William M. Flinders: Abydos: Part III: 1904 (London, 1904)

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(No. 3) was of finely-polished orange pottery,
with black hair. The mouth of the vase is on
her head, and resting on the arm is a pottery
casket, the lid movable on a pivot. The clay,
the colouring, the motive of the figure-vase,
and the casket are Aegean in source ; while the
wig and earrings are Egyptian. The vase next
to it was of a rough but well modelled pottery,
coloured with a representation of a drake with
bright plumage, on a white ground, surrounded
by semicircular lines of different colours. This
is purely Egyptian of the late XVIIIth
Dynasty.

No. 4 is a ring vase, with lotus flowers, buds,
and pomegranates placed around the top ; made
of orange-coloured clay, streaked with dark red
lines. This type is purely Aegean, and is evi-
dently made of clay imported from the other
side of the Mediterranean. No. 5. This seated
figure shows its Aegean source very clearly.
The upper part of a figure, of exactly similar
shape and material, was found at Abydos by
Mr. Mace in 1900 (El Amrah and Abydos, pi.
xlviii). No. 7. This group has been dealt with
in connection with the drawings on pi. xv (15-
19).

85. PL xvii. A XLIth Dynasty brick shaft,
10^ ft. by about 8, was being cleared, when
about 5 ft. from the surface a tomb was found,
let in to the south side, and filling most of the
shaft (see pi. xx, 8). It had a brick wall
around the exposed sides, and was covered by
limestone slabs and brickwork. The coffin was
of black wood, Avith yellow ornamentation, but
it had fallen to pieces. The eyes on the coffin,
and also on the pulverized cartonnage, were
inlaid, and the face and hands were covered with
base gold leaf. The mummy, also decayed, was
that of a woman, and upon the ushabtis laid
by her side, her name seems to have been

Neb...... The coffin was resting on

three limestone blocks, evidently taken from
neighbouring tombs of the early XVIIIth
Dynasty. After the clearance of the tomb, the

shaft was emptied to the bottom, where only
some bones and a stele were found. The latter
will be published later. The contents of the
above-mentioned tomb were very rich, and the
objects numbered 2, 13, and 20 may be seen
at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the rest
being in the Cairo Museum. No. 1 is a pottery
bottle, of which form a smaller one was also
found. No. 2 is a heavy gold ring inscribed
with the name of Isis; No. 3 is a silver ring
set with a blue glass frog; and Nos. 4 and 5
are silver scarab rings. No. 6 is an ivory ear-
stud. No. 7 are two of the seven ushabtis
found. They are of black painted wood,
inscribed in yellow. No. 8 are inlaid eyes of
the usual kind, from the coffin and cartonnage.
No. 9 is a pair of ivory ear-plugs, Avhich were
worn forced through the lobe of the ear. The
mirror (No. 10) is of bronze, and has a plain
wooden handle in perfect preservation. Several
tortoise-shell bracelets (No. 11) were found. Of
the two combs (No. 12) the first is made of
ivory, the second of Avood. No. 13 is a very
beautiful ivory dish. No. 14 is a blue and black
glazed kohl-pot, belonging to Avhich are the two
wooden sticks (No. 17). No. 15 is a shark's-
tooth amulet, probably from the Red Sea ; No.
16 a red glazed pottery disk ; No. 18 a bronze
ladle ; and No./19 tA\ro unknoAvn objects of Avood
Avith ivory studs on them. No. 20 is a pilgrim
bottle Avith hinged lid, made of pure tin. [For
use of tin in Egypt, see Dr. Gladstone, in
F.S.B.A. xiv, p. 223.] Besides these objects
there Avas a large quantity of small coloured
beads. Tavo of the inscribed limestone blocks
upon Avhich the coffin in this tomb Avas resting
are shoAvn on pi. xix. The first is inscribed
Avith a seien de hetep formula for the Kas of
"the Royal Scribe Kha-riy," and "the Royal
Scribe, Amen-em-heb." The second gives a
similar prayer for the Ka of " The Captain of
the Great Guard of the DeAvey Aten, Ka-riaa."
The " DeAA'-ey Aten" is the name of the daha-
byeh of Akhenaten, but it is here, perhaps, the

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